Examples of renown in a Sentence
Noun
He achieved great renown for his discoveries.
Her photographs have earned her international renown.
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 June 2025
The milieu here is familiar from Compass: the professional, transnational elite, scholars of just-above-modest renown who are just about superannuated.
—Nicholas Dames, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Where to stay To immerse yourself in the history and design renown of the city, check into downtown’s Chicago Athletic Association Hotel, a 19th-century neo-Gothic former men’s club with its good old bones restored.
—Elaine Glusac, AFAR Media, 19 May 2025
On her path to film-industry renown, Diop was a fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute.
—Armond White, National Review, 16 May 2025
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Noun
Such a tragic fall in academic standing, after years of hard-won, steady enhancement in renown.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 June 2025
The milieu here is familiar from Compass: the professional, transnational elite, scholars of just-above-modest renown who are just about superannuated.
—Nicholas Dames, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
Where to stay To immerse yourself in the history and design renown of the city, check into downtown’s Chicago Athletic Association Hotel, a 19th-century neo-Gothic former men’s club with its good old bones restored.
—Elaine Glusac, AFAR Media, 19 May 2025
On her path to film-industry renown, Diop was a fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute.
—Armond White, National Review, 16 May 2025
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“Renown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/renown. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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